Garment fastener



. M. NADELL.

GARMENT FASTGENER. APPLlcATloN FILED ocT. 8. 1921.

pqcg www@ Aug. 8, 1922,.

NETE@ ABRAHAM` M. NADELL, 0F REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARE/[ENT FASTENER.

Speciication of Letters Patent.` Patgntd Aug g, M922 Application ined october s, 1921. serial No. sucses.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM M. NADELL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Revere, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, khave invented an Improvement in Garment Fasteners, orn which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

rIhis invention relates to garment fasteners and has for its object to provide a novel fastener which while capable oii various uses has special advantages when used for securing a brassire to the corset to prevent the 'brassire from working up.

In order to give an understanding of my invention I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claim.

Fig. l of the drawings shows one use to which my improved garment fastener may be put.

Fig. 2 is a front View of the garment fastener.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View on the line 3--3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows a different manner of using the device.

In Fig. l Ihave illustrated afemale figure wearing a corset l and a brassire 2 with a tab 3 having a garment fastener at its lower end designed to be attached to the corset so as to hold the brassire in proper place.

My improved garment fastening comprises a body portion 4 of sheet metal havinga key-slot opening therein, the latter being formed with the aperture 5 of a size to receive the head 6 of a' headed stud and also having a slot 7 communicating with the opening 5 and of a size to receive the neck 8 of the stud. The body portion 4 has formed integral therewith a locking portion 9 which is bent back on the body portion and is provided with a locking edge 10 that extends across the slot 7 rIhis locking portion 9 is made so that its lockino edge 10 rests against the face of the body portion and the part of the locking portion adL jacent the edge 1,0 covers the aperture 5 as clearly seen irl Fig. 2. This locking' pord tion 9 is provide with two lateral. wings er eatensens it esterni bereist shown in F ig. l, the garment fastener will be attached to th-e particular stud on the corset 1 which is situated to hold the brassire in the desired position. The device is attached to the stud by inserting the head of the latter through the opening 5 and then moving the neck of the stud into the slot 7. The insertion of the head of the stud through the opening 5 brings the head against the locking portion 9 and supports the latter slightly from the body and as the neck of the stud ismoved into the slot 7 or into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the head 6 will be carried out from under the edge l0, and when this occurs the resiliency of the metal moves the edge l() against the body 4 and in position to engage under the head 6, thus locking the stud in the slot.

With this form of garment fastener used for this purpose there is no danger' that the tab 3 will become accidentally` disconnected from the corset stud. When it is desired to disconnect the fastener from the stud the operator will grasp the finger piece extensions ll and separate the locking portion 9 sufliciently from the body portion 4 to enable the head of the stud to move beneath the locking portion and into position to be withdrawn from the opening 5.

In Fig.4Ihave illustrated a different way in which the device may be used for the same purpose. The body 4 is shown as having a slot 13 situated beyond the stud-receiving slot and this slot is adapted to have the end of the tab 3' sewed thereinto as shown in Fig. 4. If the cors-et is of that type which laces in front, as illustrated in Fig. 4, then the garment fastener may be secured to the tab 3, as shown in said Fig. 4, that is, with the tab secured into the slot 13. In this case after the corset and brassire have been properly adjusted some strands of the lacing 14 may be placed in the space 15 between` the body 4 and the locking portion y9, said body and locking portion constituting a hook member adapted to hook onto some of the la'cn nWhen used in this way the device wil function nieves lll@ ment of the brassire and 'the resiliency of the locking portion 9 maintains the edge. 2K0 against the body 4f so as to prevent the iacings from becoming disconnected-irnithe device. The device, therefore7 constitutes in effect a closed Shook to rceive'the lacing.

Although I have shoyvnthe deviceherein as having both the sidts" i2 al'id 1'3 yet the vdevice,Inighrt"be made with only the siothlZ ing portion which is bent back against the body 'and is' formed Withi a4 locking edge which extends` across' said slot, the part kof the Iociilg'p'rtion adjacent said edge covering the aperture, whereby said locking edge is adapted to enga-ge beneath the 'head tcfa stud occupying saidvslot thereby to lock the std5 i'i the' sTt', id locking portion having 25 wings extending laterally therefrom` beyond the body, whichl Winge' constitirtc finger byyvvhichmthe ickingportion in'ay be Separated fr'oi thebody s'uiiicifntiy to releasetliemtd. v,

In testiin' fnyr ivheiof, I haveL Sigiiediny nani to this specification. 

